Table 2.

Logistic Regressions Predicting Postdisaster Psychotropic Medication Use Among New York City Residents Who Had PTSD or Major Depression (N = 473)^a

Demographic and exposure variables	Study sample		Any medication use post disaster (n = 177)					Medication use related to disaster (n = 114)
	N	% Total	% Drug utilization	Unadjusted ORb	Unadjusted 95% CIb	Adjusted ORb	Adjusted 95% CIb	% Disaster related	Unadjusted ORb	Unadjusted 95% CIb	Adjusted ORb	Adjusted 95% CIb
Borough
Manhattan (Ref)	125	25.58	31.67	1.00	—	1.00	—	18.29	1.00	—	1.00	—
Bronx	84	15.22	26.00	0.76	0.37–1.53	0.83	0.39–1.84	15.58	0.82	0.38–1.78	0.87	0.36–2.12
Brooklyn	150	35.01	21.67	0.60	0.31–1.14	0.77	0.40–1.50	14.81	0.78	0.38–1.57	1.07	0.51–2.22
Queens	88	19.23	25.40	0.73	0.36–1.51	0.86	0.41–1.78	14.12	0.73	0.35–1.55	0.93	0.43–1.95
Staten Island	26	4.96	31.51	0.99	0.33–2.97	0.73	0.24–2.19	24.61	1.46	0.44–4.83	0.94	0.29–3.06
Race
White (Ref)	201	39.53	33.42	1.00	—	1.00	—	21.26	1.00	—	1.00	—
African American	114	25.69	16.07	0.38**	0.20–0.72	0.41*	0.20–0.84	7.34	0.29**	0.15–0.59	0.27**	0.12–0.61
Hispanic	128	29.81	25.47	0.68	0.38–1.22	0.78	0.38–1.61	18.41	0.84	0.45–1.54	0.78	0.35–1.73
Other	30	4.97	23.31	0.61	0.23–1.61	0.77	0.27–2.19	7.90	0.32	0.09–1.07	0.33	0.09–1.14
Gender
Male (Ref)	181	41.88	23.47	1.00	—	1.00	—	13.75	1.00	—	1.00	—
Female	292	58.12	27.98	1.27	0.77–2.08	1.49	0.85–2.60	17.92	1.37	0.78–2.39	1.55	0.83–2.90
Age
18–29 (Ref)	96	30.82	15.88	1.00	—	1.00	—	8.95	1.00	—	1.00	—
30–44	206	38.08	26.32	1.89	0.96–3.72	1.71	0.85–3.44	18.53	2.16	0.97–4.78	1.96	0.84–4.56
45–64	144	26.51	34.44	2.78**	1.37–5.64	2.52*	1.22–5.19	22.42	2.94**	1.34–6.48	2.65*	1.10–6.41
65+	22	4.59	46.58	4.61*	1.42–14.97	3.90*	1.24–12.32	18.57	2.32	0.63–8.52	2.40	0.57–10.04
Health insurance
Insurance (Ref)	387	78.62	28.57	1.00	—	1.00	—	16.86	1.00	—	1.00	—
No insurance	85	21.38	17.15	0.52	0.25–1.07	1.01	0.42–2.42	13.76	0.79	0.35–1.75	1.42	0.52–3.90
Has regular doctor
No (Ref)	67	18.66	12.63	1.00	—	1.00	—	8.00	1.00	—	1.00	—
Yes	406	81.34	29.18	2.85**	1.37–5.92	2.36	0.97–5.75	18.05	2.53*	1.09–5.89	2.98	0.96–9.23
Exposure to WTCD
Low (Ref)	67	18.31	24.66	1.00	—	1.00	—	7.93	1.00	—	1.00	—
Moderate	163	35.83	23.18	0.92	0.45–1.90	0.75	0.36–1.53	15.14	2.07	0.87–4.96	1.67	0.67–4.13
High	153	30.03	26.60	1.11	0.53–2.30	0.85	0.38–1.87	18.26	2.59*	1.07–6.31	1.92	0.74–4.97
Very high	90	15.84	33.38	1.53	0.69–3.39	1.27	0.54–2.94	24.08	3.68**	1.46–9.29	2.47	0.96–6.33
Perievent panic attack
No (Ref)	338	73.15	25.60	1.00	—	1.00	—	13.53	1.00	—	1.0	—
Yes	135	26.85	27.42	1.10	0.65–1.86	1.32	0.74–2.35	23.37	1.95**	1.11–3.41	2.51**	1.38–4.55
% Total medication use	–	–	26.09	–	–	–	–	16.17	–	–	–	–

^aAll N’s are unweighted. All other results are weighted using sampling weights to adjust for stratification, the number of telephone lines and adults in the household, and for the treatment oversample.

^bOR = Odds ratio; CI = Confidence interval; Ref = reference group. Unadjusted ORs represent the bivariate results, while the adjusted ORs are adjusted for all variables shown in the table.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.